WE CALL FOR A LEAF BLOWER BAN !!!
Terra Nova advocates a leaf blower ban !
Let’s go from this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To this !
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“What we’re trying to do with the leaf blower and all our lawn equipment is to create the perfect suburban landscape. How do we create that? We create it by destroying the soundscape, imposing on it the drone of the internal combustion engine” says Les Blomberg of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse.
It’s a sad state of affairs when you know the gardener has shown up by how much noise they make.
We nominate the leaf blower as one of the worst inventions ever. With twenty-six million plus leaf blowers in the United States we think it’s time to find alternatives. At Terra Nova we prefer to use a broom or when absolutely necessary an electric blower over the two-stroke back-pack blower. Join us in calling for a leaf blower ban in your hometown.
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Feel free to include our grassroots website on your blower ban pages, http://www.zapla.org, which gives the history of our successful Los Angeles efforts to get at least a gas blower ban. The same tactics and misinformation are still being used by ban opponents. The site has “visual aids” and a 4 min.video that others may use, and we encourage other ban seekers with our experiences if they email us.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:09 pmI am a frustrated resident of Dallas, Texas where the neighborhood lawn crews make life miserable for a stay at home worker. How we can ban the use of all gas and electric powered landscaping machinery. I’ve done quite a bit of research on the issue and know that it’s not merely the noise but a host of other environmental, health, and quality of life factors.
January 27th, 2009 at 7:53 pmAre there any outfits that do yardwork the oldfashioned way?
Hope to hear some encouraging news on this issue.
Thanks,
Rives
Leaf blowers are especially obnoxious in a neighbourhood of residential high rises. One machine makes enough noise to be heard a city block away, disturbing hundreds if not thousands of people.
J. MacMillan
November 10th, 2009 at 7:01 amToronto
As I sit in front of my computer wearing earplugs and shooting range ear guards in a futile attempt to muffle the sound of blowers across the street, there has been no progress whatsoever towards a leaf blower ban in Dallas.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:53 amEveryone I know hates the noise and pollution but in response to a suggested ban on the infernal machines, I usually get a chuckle or a sigh of resignation on the prospect.
This misguided enterprise contributes substantial carbon monoxide, benzene and other particulate matter such as pesticides and pulverized dog feces to the surrounding air. For as we blithley jog or walk the area we unwittingly breath all this in. The cloud of pollution hangs suspended for five hours like an invisible shroud. Enjoy your sterile garden that has no real regenerative life as a consequence!
Rives
I live in a nice apartment home community in Valley Ranch in Irving, TX. The leaf blowers are a constant. The noise is very annoying but worse than that, the blowers blow all the leaves and dirt onto my patio which I have to sweep and pick up every time they come through. Aside from my getting my exercise from their annoyance, I prefer walking in the clean outdoors without the noise and pollution of leaf blowers. I think they should be banned!
March 4th, 2010 at 7:19 amI second your wish to ban the leaf blower! As I returned home around 6:45 PM, my next door neighbor’s landscaper (or landscalper)was frantically blowing the denuded “flower” bed,” polluting the evening air with neurotoxic benzene, launching the pulverized dog poop and pesticides into the air for all to breath. I hurried inside and found my husband covering his ears against the racket but to no avail.
March 5th, 2010 at 8:47 pmEarlier today I had to leave the housebecause another crew across the street was going at it.
I live in University Park where the manicured lawn prliferates everywhere but at my place. We’ve got Bluebonnets in the spring, ornamental grasses, and a drought resistant approach. I rake the leaves and use a broom to sweep my walkways. I also allow the fall leaves to fertilize and protect my spring perinneals.
Ban all gasoline and electric equipment..save the planet!